WATCH LIVE: Pentagon holds briefing amid reports that troops will be sent to U.S. southern border

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : The Pentagon will hold a news briefing Tuesday following reports that the Biden administration will send troops to the southern border.
50% : The COVID-19 restrictions allowed U.S. officials to turn away tens of thousands of migrants crossing the southern border, but those restrictions will lift May 11 and border officials are bracing for an expected surge of migrants.
50% :READ MORE: What is Title 42 and what does it mean for immigration at the southern border?
49% : The troops will not do law enforcement work and will be sent down for roughly 90 days, though their presence can be extended if necessary.
41% : Last week, administration officials announced they would work to swiftly screen migrants seeking asylum at the border, quickly deport those deemed as not being qualified, and penalizing people who cross illegally into the U.S. or illegally through another country on their way to the U.S. border.
40% : Biden's actions follow similar moves by former President Donald Trump who deployed active duty troops to the border to assist border patrol personnel in processing large migrant caravans, on top of National Guard forces that were already working in that capacity.

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